Monday, June 1, at 5:00 pm, the Ashland Library will host an Ice Cream Social on the south lawn. Come enjoy ice cream, good company and enjoyable music! Many thanks to the Civic Club and Venture Foods for helping to make this possible. Bring your lawn chair!
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At noon on Monday, May 18th, you are cordially invited to attend the Ashland Library Luncheon Tea.
Special entertainment is to be provided by chanteuse Sandra Woodrow. Seating will be limited; interested patrons are urged to make their reservations early.
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Marilyn Holt, author of The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America will speak at 2:00 on Saturday, April 18. She discusses the “orphan trains” which brought poor children from the eastern cities to rural Kansas from 1867 until the 1920s. She relates firsthand accounts of orphan train riders which challenge our picture of childhood in the “good old days.”
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The Ashland City Library hosted a book signing on April 4 with author Sherry Galloway Willis. 
Willis’ book, Cowboy Tad the Triangle Man, was a runaway best seller! All available copies were snatched up early. Ms. Willis is a gifted speaker and many patrons are hoping for more books and visits.
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Ashland Library patrons enjoyed good food, good company and great music by violinist Judith Priest on March 9. The luncheon was so enjoyable that it has been decided to have a library tea on May 18. Anyone wanting to help host the tea is urged to contact Cara or Khrista at 620-635-2589.
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Kansas author Nancy Pickard spoke at the Ashland Library last January. Picard’s latest novel, The Virgin of Small Plains, was chosen as the Kansas Reads novel of the year for 2008 and was on the 2007 Kansas Notable Books List. Pickard is also the author of sixteen popular and critically acclaimed novels, including the Jenny Cain and Marie Lightfoot mystery series.
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The Ashland Library received 68 new children’s books with a grand total value of $1,061.53. The Ashland 
Library and its patrons are grateful for the assistance of the Libri Foundation, the Catherine Klinger Memorial and the community members who helped make this wonderful addition to the library possible.
The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization that donates new, quality children’s books to small, rural libraries through a 2-to-1 ratio matching funds grant. Matching funds were donated by the Catherine Klinger Memorial Fund and community funds raised at the library book sale.
On Friday, October 31, storytimers joined Khrista Branson at the Ashland Library to enjoy spooky good tales and crafts. Storytimers also stopped to look over the new books from the Libra Foundation.
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Theresa Peters Casper and Kayla Tonne
Theresa Peters Casper, author of The Soldier Was A Boy and Kayla Tonne, Illustrator, personally autographed copies at a special book signing party at the Ashland Library. Ms. Casper, Special Education Teacher at the Ashland Schools, lives in Oklahoma and is well known in the Clark County community. Kayla Tonne, Senior at the Ashland High School, has received many awards for her art. Books are available for purchase locally.
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Reception Enjoyed!
A come and go reception honoring the anniversary of the Ashland Library Building was held on September 16, 2007. Senator Ruth Teichman attended and honored the library with a Kansas Senate commendation for 25 years of service in the current location.
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James Naismith (portrayed by Bill Worley) visited the Ashland City Library on April 19. Naismith, inventor of basketball and first coach of the famous KU Jayhawks, gave a short program, taking questions and discussing the origins of the game. The library thanks Nathan Shupe for making a basketball and hoops available to enthusiasts.
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